GDAH Ep74 - The Gang Nerds Out on Building Codes

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Ok last time we put out a new episode of the podcast, we talked about how NIMBYs hijacked the process for designating historic properties and weaponized neighborhood associations in Portland, Oregon. The notorious Eastmoreland case happened when a homeowner partitioned their lot into 5,000 "trusts" so they could outnumber community members and take a bigger vote. We're back with more of Portland's historic resources codes. Fresh from the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, the Historic Resources Code Project is an impossibly dense block of text, photos, and diagrams that we tried to make some sense of. How does this code relate to problems like livability, houselessness, historic preservation, or gentrification? We tried to figure that out. Kassie Rippee, the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Coquille Tribe and frequent guest on Go Dig a Hole AND Women in Archaeology was recently featured in Atlas Obscura for a highlight on her work protecting archaeological sites during wildfires ( https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/archaeology-wildfire?fbclid=IwAR1EjtLsVBZ58vT68lH0rqqoNgEspWCk3f037ij0q0e31PjquC47Av2T0b4 ) Links Louisville Street Medics: https://venmo.com/LouStreetMedics Don't Shoot PDX/Fires Igniting the Spirit, Warm Springs mutual aid drive: https://www.facebook.com/1457002541253558/posts/2847419708878494/?extid=EEnFe7SLV5FF07NG Don’t Shoot PDX Mutual Aid Directory for Black Lives Matter: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N6EIPMpaORqzrngnu1r95-At62K2pZMgrDYhtKgANds/edit#gid=0 Support Go Dig a Hole on Patreon: www.patreon.com/godigahole Like Go Dig a Hole on Facebook: www.facebook.com/godigahole City of Portland Historic Resources Code proposed draft: https://www.portland.gov/bps/hrcp/historic-resources-code-project-proposed-draft?fbclid=IwAR2Msh4LZYzUwJM5GD-SpHCePfZSHPaSV6wSExFb_n8oTkn2zBnH9unSix4 City of Portland Historic Resources Map: https://pdx.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=9b7e5b99790d44608d440f6bce15451f